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ICANN-accredited registrar
An entity that has entered into a Registrar Accreditation Agreement with ICANN. ICANN-accredited registrars have access to add, delete, or update domain name records.
ICANN-accredited registrar
A registrar that has entered into a Registrar Accreditation Agreement with ICANN. ICANN-accredited registrars can act as registrars for one or more generic top-level domains (gTLDs). A listing of ICANN-accredited registrars appears in the Accredited Registrar Directory on the ICANN website.
ICANN does not manage accreditation for county code top-level domains (ccTLDs). Instead, ccTLD managers determine how registration services are provided within the ccTLDs they manage.